Quick, March!

Four Aberystwyth players entered the Dyfed Rapidplay competition for March on Tuesday 9th. Rudy van Kemenade, as in the February competition, came first with a perfect score of 5/5. Tom Gunn scored 2½/5, I scored 2/4 (plus a full-point bye), and Sam Holman had a disappointing tournament with 0/4 and a full-point bye. Steynton's David Pinch and Scott Hammett were second and third respectively.

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1.c4 e5 1...g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d3 f5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nge2 0-0 8.0-0 e6 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Rb1 Van Kemenade-Francis,Dyfed Closed 2014,0-1 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.e4 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.e4 g6 7.Nge2 d6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.exf5 9.Nd5 0-0 10.Rb1 a5 Heap-Van Kemenade, Dyfed Closed 2016,1/2-1/2 9...gxf5 10.d4 0-0 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Be6 Heap-Van Kemenade, Dyfed Closed 2014,0-1 4...d6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 g6 6...Be7 main 7.Nge2 Ne7N to get in c6 depriving Wh of the use of d5 7...Bg7 8.f4 c6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.fxe5?! creates a backward pawn on d3, & enables Bl a little later to occupy f4 himself 10.b4 is a more standard idea for Wh 10...dxe5 11.Kh1 0-0 12.Be3 h6 12...Ng4 13.Bg1 Bh6 is possible 13.Qd2 g5 13...Kh7 14.h4? forces Bl to play what he wants to & also opening up his own K side to attack, rather than the hoped-for underining of Bl's K side pawn structure 14.exf5 had to be tried- both sides have piece play Nxf5 15.Bc5 Re8= 14...f4-+ 15.gxf4 exf4 15...gxf4 16.Bf2 Ng4 17.Ng1 Ng6 18.Nf3 Bf6 is an alternative, leaving the h pawn and d pawn as weaknesses 16.Bf2 16.Bc5!? forces the elimination of an attacker 16...Ng4 17.Bf3 Ng6 18.Kg2 N6e5 all the Bl pieces threaten to come in against the K 18...Nxf2 19.Kxf2 g4 also looks excellent for Bl 19.Rh1 Nxf3 20.Kxf3 Ne5+ 21.Kg2 f3+ 22.Kf1 fxe2+ 23.Qxe2 Bg4 24.Qe3 Rf3 25.Qc5 Nxd3 25...Qxd3+ 0–1

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Francis,M	1648	Van Kemenade,R	1999	0–1
Gunn,T	1398	Paffard,M	1608	0–1
Holman,S	1386	Williams,R	1643	0–1
Francis,M	1648	Holman,S	1386	1–0
Van Kemenade,R	1999	Williams,R	1643	1–0
Leah,H	1547	Gunn,T	1398	0–1
Gunn,T	1398	Hammett,S	1590	½–½
Osinga,A	1343	Francis,M	1648	0–1
Paffard,M	1608	Francis,M	1648	1–0
Van Kemenade,R	1999	Hammett,S	1590	1–0
Holman,S	1386	Gunn,T	1398	0–1
Osinga,A	1343	Holman,S	1386	1–0
Van Kemenade,R	1999	Paffard,M	1608	1–0
Gunn,T	1398	Pinch,D	1798	0–1

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